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Sources: Colo. massacre suspect has made "half-hearted" suicide tries

This photo released on Sept. 20, 2012, by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office shows James Holmes. Holmes is being held on charges related to the shooting at an Aurora, Colo., theater on July 20 that killed 12 people and wounded 52.

Court documents filed Wednesday gave no details of James E.
Holmes' condition, other than that it "renders him unable to be
present in court for (Thursday's) hearing." The hearing had been
scheduled to discuss pretrial motions and media requests for
information under state open records laws.

However, law enforcement sources told CBS4's Maass that Holmes has made multiple suicide attempts in recent days -- although none have resulted in serious injury.

Holmes received medical attention after at least one of the attempts. But law enforcement contacts characterize the attempted suicides -- including running into a jail cell wall -- as half hearted attempts.

At a hearing Wednesday on defense attorneys' request to delay
the court date, defense attorney Tamara Brady said Holmes was taken
to a hospital Tuesday. She didn't say where or offer details on
why, saying attorneys don't want to disclose privileged medical or psychiatric information.

The 24-year-old Holmes is charged with killing 12 people and
injuring at least 58 by opening fire in a crowded theater on July
20. A midnight showing of the latest Batman movie was under way at
the time.

His mental health has been an issue in the case since shortly
after the shootings. His lawyers told the judge in early August,
about three weeks after the shootings, that Holmes was mentally
ill. They have not said whether he would enter an insanity plea.

Holmes has appeared alternately dazed and alert in previous
court appearances. Attorneys have not said whether he is under
medication.